Information on Apprenticeship Levy

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.033993

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. Is your organisation and apprenticeship levy payer? Yes or no is sufficient.

2. What was the value (£) of your organisation’s apprenticeship levy contributions in (a) April 2019 to March 2020
(b) April 2020 to March 2021
(c) April 2021 to March 2022 and
(d) April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown.

3. How much apprenticeship levy ‘expired’ – i.e. was not used - in
(a) April 2019 to March 2020
(b) April 2020 to March 2021
(c) April 2021 to March 2022 and
(d) April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown.

4. How many apprenticeships starts did your organisation create in
(a) April 2019 to March 2020
(b) April 2020 to March 2021
(c) April 2021 to March 2022 and
(d) April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown.

5. How many of those apprenticeship starts created were
(a) male and
(b) female in (a) April 2019 to March 2020, April 2020 to March 2021, April 2021 to March 2022 and April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown for each gender.

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Q1 - Is your organisation and apprenticeship levy payer? Yes or no is sufficient.

Yes

Q2 - What was the value (£) of your organisation’s apprenticeship levy contributions in (a) April 2019 to March 2020
(b) April 2020 to March 2021
(c) April 2021 to March 2022 and
(d) April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown.

Contributions to Apprenticeship Levy fund:
FY April 2019 to March 2020	£10,611,689.22
FY April 2020 to March 2021	£11,331,491.82
FY April 2021 to March 2022	£11,716,622.51
FY April 2022 to March 2023	£12,546,994.51

Q3 - How much apprenticeship levy ‘expired’ – i.e. was not used - in
(a) April 2019 to March 2020
(b) April 2020 to March 2021
(c) April 2021 to March 2022 and
(d) April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown.

Expired Levy:
FY April 2019 to March 2020	£8,083,064.75
FY April 2020 to March 2021	£9,471,847.66
FY April 2021 to March 2022	£4,956,576.81
FY April 2022 to March 2023	£1,301,602.50

Q4 - How many apprenticeships starts did your organisation create in
(a) April 2019 to March 2020
(b) April 2020 to March 2021
(c) April 2021 to March 2022 and
(d) April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown.

Q5 - How many of those apprenticeship starts created were
(a) male and
(b) female in (a) April 2019 to March 2020, April 2020 to March 2021, April 2021 to March 2022 and April 2022 to March 2023.
Please provide an annual breakdown for each gender.

Human Resource answer for questions 4 & 5:
If the refers to the "Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship" then it is recorded as 2 joining types, which are "Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (No Experience)" and "Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (Experienced)":

Years	Female	Male	Total By Year
2021	328	683	1011
2022	211	507	718
2023	98	225	323
Total By Gender	637	1415	2052

This table specifically refers to Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship and the first intake was in January 2021.